United States - Press Releases

ATLANTA, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Foot Solutions, Inc., a footwear and customorthotics retailer, announced today its partnership with pickleball professional Ben Johns to create a custom orthotic engineered specifically for pickleball. This 3D printed custom orthotic has structural and material elements selected by Ben Johns combined with the proprietary process Foot Solutions uses to create custom orthotics--including an in-person foot and gait analysis, a digital scan of the feet, and an expert design specific to each customer.

Leading hockey retailer continues nationwide growth with entry into South Dakota.

PITTSBURGH, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) announced the launch of the Mobile Competency Restoration and Support Team (MCRST), a new program that delivers critical services to individuals found not competent to stand trial. The MCRST is the only mobile competency restoration team in Pennsylvania that offers both clinical treatment and psychoeducational support in a community-based model.

BALTIMORE, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service(MVLS) is proud to announce the success of its annual fundraiser, A Taste for Pro Bono, held on Wednesday, April 23, at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. The event raised $150,000 in critical funding to help advance MVLS' mission of providing free legal services to low-income Marylanders.

BRANCHBURG, N.J., April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ClorDiSys received US patent, System for converting existing ethylene oxide vacuum sterilizers to a chlorine dioxide vacuum sterilizers (patent number 12,201,738 B2). This will allow for the greater expansion of the sterilization modality as well as decrease the barrier to entry for sterilization facilities with existing infrastructure that they desire to transition away from ethylene oxide sterilization technology.

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NEW YORK, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AFS Intercultural Programs, a global non-profit educational exchange organisation, is proud to launch the AFS Global STEM Innovators scholarships in the United States - equipping young people with access to STEM, sustainability, and global competence education.

NEW YORK, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --In recognition of ALS Awareness Month this May, Target ALS is proud to launch Behind Every Breakthrough-a month-long multimedia campaign that highlights the global momentum in ALS research and the individuals powering progress: scientists, people living with ALS, caregivers, advocates, and donors.

Nearly 200 emergency nurses take part in association's annual Day on the Hill

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Meijer opened Independence Market today, bringing value and fresh, convenient groceries to customers in Clarkston, Mich, and Independence Township. Independence Market is the retailer's sixth neighborhood market and the fifth neighborhood market store by Meijer in Michigan. The store is part of a new mixed-use development near Sashabaw and 1-75 that also includes townhomes, condos, single-family homes, retail and outdoor space.

Disney Experiences is granting special princess wishes around the world,including at Walt Disney World's Once Upon A Wish Party.

New Collections, Refined Craftsmanship, and an Outdoor-Focused Oasis That Supports Every Moment in Senior Living

BOSTON, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- VOTF, a Catholic Lay Apostolate committed to promoting transparency in Church operations, has published its 2024 diocesan financial and governance transparency reports. Before being publicly released, the reports were sent to each diocesan bishop and to CFOs of each of the 176 dioceses in the USCCB. The average overall 2024 transparency score remained unchanged from 71% in 2023 to 71% in 2024. The overall governance score increased from 34% in 2023 to 35% in 2024. The 2024 reports and all previous VOTF reports on diocesan financial and governance transparency may be found on the VOTF website clicking here.

HOPE Homes - A 27-Unit Modular Casita Community Made Possible Under New SB4

NEW YORK, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 26, 2025, Babymint, a next-generation peer-to-peer marketplace dedicated to secondhand baby and kids' products, hosted its inaugural Earth Month Shopping Event in New York City - and parents showed up in full force to champion a more sustainable future.

1,500 summer learning curriculum kits will benefit students across the state this summer.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- For National Financial Literacy Month Consolidated Credit celebrated community partners who bring financial education to life. At its 11th Annual Financial Literacy Month Breakfast, held at JA World in Coconut Creek, FL on Friday, April 18, 2025, leaders across South Florida gathered to recognize the organizations and individuals who are shaping a more financially secure future.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., 30 de abril de 2025 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Para el Mes Nacional de la Educacin Financiera, Consolidated Credit celebr a los socios de la comunidad que dan vida a la educacin financiera. En su 11 Desayuno Anual del Mes de la Educacin Financiera, celebrado en JA World en Coconut Creek, Florida, el viernes 18 de abril de 2025, los lderes del sur de Florida se reunieron para reconocer a las organizaciones e individuos que estn dando forma a un futuro ms seguro financieramente.

IRVINE, Calif., May 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kia America delivered 74,805 total units in April, up 14-percent over the same period last year, achieving the highest-ever sales figure for the month of April. This record has extended Kia's record-breaking sales streak to seven months and the retail sales at Kia dealerships increasedby 24-percent over April 2024, reinforcing the company's strong growth trajectory in the marketplace.

More than half of Aging Life Care Managers' clients are living with dementia, a new national survey finds.

Seven months after the FDA approved the reintroduction of Roche's eye implant Susvimo, the US agency has expanded its approved use to include treatment for diabetic macular edema, the primary cause of blindness related to diabetes. This marks the second approved indication for Susvimo, which was initially cleared in October 2021 as an alternative to frequent eye injections for wet age-related macular degeneration.

PLAINSBORO, N.J., April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The New England Journal of Medicine(NEJM) published results from part 1 of the ongoing phase 3 ESSENCE trial which investigated the effects of once-weekly subcutaneous semaglutide 2.4 mg on liver histology compared to placebo at 72 weeks in adults with MASH and moderate to advanced liver fibrosis (stage 2 or 3). At Week 72, the first primary endpoint showed 62.9% of people treated with semaglutide 2.4 mg achieved resolution of steatohepatitis with no worsening of liver fibrosis compared to 34.3% on placebo with estimated difference in responder proportions (EDP) of 28.7% (95% CI, 21.1 to 36.2; P<0.001). For the second primary endpoint at Week 72, 36.8% of people treated with semaglutide 2.4 mg achieved improvement in liver fibrosis with no worsening of steatohepatitis compared to 22.4% on placebo (EDP, 14.4%; 95% CI, 7.5 to 21.3; P<0.001).1

CALGARY, AB, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -Willow Biosciences Inc. (the "Company") (TSX:WLLW) (OTCQB: CANSF) announces the completion today of the sale (the "Transaction") of its wholly-owned operating subsidiary, Epimeron USA, Inc., to the U.S. subsidiary of Mycofeast Ltd., a privately-held, arms-length entity based in the United Kingdom (the "Purchaser"), pursuant to the terms of a share purchase agreement dated March 14, 2025 (the "Share Purchase Agreement"), between the Company and the Purchaser.

FREDERICK, Md., April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- RoosterBio, Inc., a leading supplier of adult human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (hMSCs), highly engineered media, and bioprocess development services, today announced a new collaboration with Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science. This collaboration aims to accelerate the availability of new, potentially life-saving cell and exosome therapies that have the potential to revolutionize the treatment of degenerative disease.

YMCA Launches Interactive Teen Mental Health Resource Hub for Mental Health Awareness Month